Jerry Kremer

Christie? Trump? Cruz? I hit mute, or change the channel.

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I believe that the television remote control is one of mankind’s greatest inventions since the electric light bulb. It is the only instrument I know of that you can use to protect your privacy and make you secure from idiots, blowhards and terrible commercials. As this national political season moves forward, I intend to use my remote as frequently as possible.

The first group of would-be presidents that I intend to mute are the screamers who believe the average voter is anxious to be pushed around and bullied in the name of plain talk. Heading that group is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has finally come forward to save America. Christie’s penchant for yelling at people and demeaning them is well known. His legendary town hall meetings, at which he calls his detractors “idiots,” have become familiar to viewers around the nation.

In announcing his candidacy, Christie has decided that America is ready for a candidate who speaks his mind, unrestrained by any niceties. Donald Trump also believes that the country wants a plain-talking, no-nonsense president who tells it like it is. Sadly, Christie and Trump aren’t alone in the battle for the ears and minds of next year’s voters.

Other members of the pack who will try to shout above one another include Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum. You can add Bernie Sanders, the left wing’s challenger to Hillary Clinton, who apparently assumes that everyone in his audiences is hard of hearing. So why, you ask, would we want to silence these potential saviors of our country? The answer is simple. It’s not how loud they talk, but the fact that all of them have little or nothing to say.

Within minutes of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to validate gay marriage, nine of the candidates said the same thing about the court and the evils of such marriages. You’d think that at least one of them would have some intelligent criticism about why the decision was wrong. Instead, in one chorus, they groaned and moaned, with empty remarks.

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